Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions

by Roland Eisen (Editor), Frank A. Sloan (Editor)

Ensuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care today. Demographic trends are expected to lead to a higher proportion of old and very old people in the global population. As a result, an increased proportion of global income will be devoted to LTC services. With this in mind, Long-term Economic Issues and Policy Solutions aims to address the following important
With its mix of empirical, theoretical and policy-related contributions, Long-term Economic Issues and Policy Solutions will be of interest not only to health economists, but also to social scientists, health insurers, and public policy advocates.

346 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1996